Involvement of ERK, Bcl-2 family and caspase 3 in recombinant human activin A-induced apoptosis in A549

Toxicology

Volumn 258, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 176-183

  Wang, Baiding ^a   Feng, Yuling ^a   Song, Xingbo ^a   Liu, Qingqing ^a   Ning, Yunye ^a   Ou, Xuemei ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Wen, Fuqiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A549; ACVRII; Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspase 3; ERK; Recombinant human activin A

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2B; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; UPREGULATION;

ACTIVINS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 61349164166     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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